Among the most anticipated announcements of BlizzCon 2021 , in addition to the release dates of Diablo 2 , Hearthstone and World of Warcraft, we find the sequel to Overwatch , Blizzard's team shooter. In fact, Overwatch 2 had already been announced at BlizzCon 2019: the tragic events of 2020 have weighed on Blizzard's production schedule, making the release period of the expected sequel to the game released in 2016 still uncertain .

While there has been no answer to the question that plagues fans ( When will we be able to play Overwatch 2? ), The BlizzCon 2021 video panel dedicated to Overwatch 2 was not entirely stingy with information. Let's find out what are the main features that we will find in the final version of the title!

The new features of Overwatch 2

With new PvP (aka Player versus Player ) modes , new maps and characters, Overwatch 2 looks set to push the quality of the series even further. The news that has made the most noise is probably the announcement of the new heroine , Sojourn, a cyborg armed to the teeth and equipped with a railgun , or a rail cannon with two different options to open fire. Another novelty that will bring a feeling of freshness to the second chapter of the hero shooter is the possibility of playing in cooperative mode , which allows the participation of up to five players.

Let's discover the maps of Overwatch 2

Jeff Kaplan , game director of Overwatch, has revealed from the stage of BlizzCon 2021 some unpublished materials including a couple of new maps. As Blizzard shooter aficionados already know, Overwatch's theater of war is expanding globally. Two important locations were revealed during the presentation event: Rome and New York .

The Italian capital was represented in pure Overwatch style: magnificent and epic at the same time, represented with warm and amber tones , which make the Eternal City suspended in a hypothetical time halfway between imperial splendor and contemporaneity. New York, on the other hand, seems to have maintained its cosmopolitan atmosphere , which endows it with a double soul: on the one hand a downtown district, on the other a cluster of futuristic skyscrapers.

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